Thoughts on long hair
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Topic: Thoughts on long hair
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Subject: Thoughts on long hair
Date Posted: January 25 2000 at 7:31pm
Now-a-days, truly long hair is a rare site. And whenever I do see long hair, it is usually worn by older ladies. I also noticed that my monthly dose of long hair sitings usually comes from the health food store, when I go to buy my vitamins and other goodies. And finally, I also noticed that these people (mostly women, but men too) do not take good care of their hair. They take special pride in using organic products and in going "natural," but their hair is full of split ends and breakage, and they rarely have trims. In other words, when we find our society stereotypically associating long hair with hippie-wana-be's, it is generally true, at least where I live.
At the same time, long hair is also a symbol of glamour, exotic beaty, femininity (sorry guys, but this is usually the case), and health. Yesterday I was flipping through a magazine, and I saw two different Pantene ads, where the models had thick, long, shiny, gorgeous red hair.
These two images of long hair clearly contradict each other. Society can't make up its mind about what long hair is supposed to symbolize. However, I think I can make out one similarity in these two contradictions: either way, whether un-taken-care-of or papmered, long hair is DIFFERENT.
Now, I pose a few questions for those with long hair: if everyone wore their hair long, would you wear yours long too, or would you cut it, just to be different? How much of your identity does your long hair hold? Do you feel that if you have long hair, you are obligated to show it off? What kinds of people usually have long hair, in terms of personality? I don't think there's a right or wrong answer to these questions-- but I would be interested in hearing your opinions.
PD
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Posted By: Kittykat
Date Posted: January 26 2000 at 8:19pm
I'm trying to grow my hair, but I don't really invest any of my identity in it. It's just my hair-not my soul or my self-image. I can't really imagine being a different person, if I cut it short or managed to grow it down to my waist. The only difference is in the maintenance time it requires!
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